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In 1997, the palace de la Música Catalana was declared [4] a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Hospital de Sant Pau. Today, more than half a million people a year attend musical performances in the Palau that range from symphonic and chamber music to jazz and Cançó (Catalan song).
A tradition of Catalan art songs also developed, following a similar popularity in the rest of Spain. These have been performed and promoted by Catalan artists, including an album of Catalan folk-songs by Victoria de los Angeles (1991) and an album of more classical songs by José Carreras (1991).
Franco's dictatorship always paid special attention to repressing any pro-Catalan expression, both of the Catalan language and the symbols of the country.However, after the regime's consolidation in the 50s the government planned some concessions sponsored by the mayor of Barcelona at the time, Josep Maria de Porcioles.
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The Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya Palace of the Generalitat on the National Day of Catalonia. The Palace of the Generalitat of Catalonia (Catalan: Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, IPA: [pəˈlaw ðə lə ʒənəɾəliˈtad də kətəˈluɲə]; Spanish: Palacio de la Generalidad de Cataluña) is a historic palace in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Joan Baptista Pla i Agustí (ca. 1720–1773) was a Spanish composer and oboist.. Pla was born in Catalonia, Spain, into a Catalan family of musicians.In the years after 1751, he worked in many of the principal cities of Europe including Padua, Stuttgart, Brussels, Paris and London along with his brother, Josep Pla i Agustí (1728-1762), a chamber musician.
Claudi Arimany i Barceló (born in Granollers, Catalonia, December 29, 1955) is an international flautist, considered the direct heir, both in interpretative style and in musical concept, of Jean-Pierre Rampal, his mentor and colleague in many concerts. [1]
The Four Columns ("Les Quatre Columnes" in Catalan) are four Ionic columns originally created by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in Barcelona, Spain. They were erected in 1919, where the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc now stands. They symbolized the four stripes of the Catalan senyera, and they were intended to become one of the main icons of Catalanism.